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The very last lines of the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are a reflective and slightly hopeless take on how the people of the United States were never quite satisfied with the things they had. The use of dashes, tone, and a metaphor enhance Fitzgerald's ability to push readers into a certain state of mind. A point in American society during that time, lust, is focused upon with the metaphor of the boat and waves.

There is a feathery sense of hopelessness in Fitzgerald's use of dashes, tone, and a metaphor of boats and waves. Fitzgerald is exagerating on the point of chasing after an "orgastic future" as he builds hope that we may make our way to that goal. This sudden, shinning spot of hope grabs attention, but let's it crumble as an unfinished thought. The hope we once had ends in hopelessness despite the fact that we had an idea of how to reach the goal of an orgastic future. As we are sailors on a boat, we must fight the waves of time to keep from falling into the past. People struggle in a constant fight to keep themselves

Humans know no end to lust. The Dutch beheld the "breast of the new world" where the trees simply vanished. The primal feeling of wanting more is among every human being and is expressed when the text claims that a person needs more or that we can just "run faster" or "stretch our arms farther" to

I have read 3 books, the equivalent of 6 books.

• And Then There Were None (272 pages)


• Mockingjay (400 pages)


• Water for Elephants (335 pages)

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie perplexed me with its overwhelming sense of inevitability and mystery. Ten house guests are brought together to Soldier Island for various reasons. Each has a dark secret to hide and as people begin to die off, those secrets begin to come to light. With a foreshadowing nursery poem and a too human fear, Agathie Christie provides an excellent mystery novel.